''Nazi Love Camp 27'' (Italian: ''La svastica nel ventre'') or ''The Swastika on the Belly'' is a 1977 Italian

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film by Italian director

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and starring Finnish actress

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. In between brutal depictions of a brothel in a concentration camp and a high-class brothel for leading Nazis, the film partially focuses upon the

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program and, albeit being generally categorized among erotic films, it is one of the few

Nazisploitation Nazi exploitation (also Nazisploitation) is a subgenre of exploitation film and sexploitation film that involves Nazis committing sex crimes, often as camp or prison overseers during World War II. Most follow the women in prison formula, only r ...

films to contain scenes that have been considered

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Plot

The film opens with young Jewish girl Hanna and her German boyfriend making love in a field in the days before the outbreak of

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. Upon the outbreak of war, Hanna and her family are rounded up, but not before her mother is killed trying to defend the family. They are taken to a

concentration camp Internment is the imprisonment of people, commonly in large groups, without charges or intent to file charges. The term is especially used for the confinement "of enemy citizens in wartime or of terrorism suspects". Thus, while it can simply ...

, where Hanna's surviving family is gassed upon arrival. At night, whilst resting in the camp barracks Hanna and a female companion are

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by SS soldiers, leading Hanna's friend to throw herself onto an electrified barbed wire fence out of despair. Now alone, Hanna is forced to work in the "love camp" section of the camp, servicing SS soldiers. The commandant soon sets his sights on Hanna and she becomes his personal lover and they engage in mutual cross-dressing and bondage. Following he offers Hanna an

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identity and she is placed in charge of a brothel for Nazi officers. Meanwhile, her boyfriend who works at a

program, tries to search out Hanna, thinking her dead. When they meet, Hanna refuses to be rescued and instead returns to run a party for visiting SS Generals at the brothel. Here, after singing a

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song to the surprise of the guests, she takes revenge, shooting the Commandant and a visiting General, before being gunned down.

Cast

as Hannah Meyer *

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as Captain Kurt von Stein *

Roberto Posse The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

as Captain Klaus Berger * Gianfilippo Carcano as Hanna's Father *

Piero Lulli Piero Lulli (1 February 1923 – 23 June 1991) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 111 films between 1942 and 1977. He was the brother of actor Folco Lulli. Selected filmography * ''A Pilot Returns'' (1942) - De Santis * '' Love Stor ...

as General at the Nazi Brothel *

Marzia Ubaldi Marzia Ubaldi (2 June 1938 – 21 October 2023) was an Italian actress and dubber. Life and career Born in Milan, Ubaldi graduated from the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro, and made her professional stage debut in 1960, in the Giorgio Prosp ...

as Frau Gruber *

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as Klaus's Sister *

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as Woman at the love camp (as Cristiana Borghi) * Mike Morris as Herr Gruppenführer

Production

The film’s exterior scenes were shot in

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(Dobbiaco, in Italian), in the

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region.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, id=0140588 1977 films Italian sexploitation films 1970s Italian-language films Women in prison films Nazi exploitation films Films scored by Francesco De Masi 1970s Italian films